从 50 万美元目标到 5000 万美元公司的自力更生之路

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Ross Andrew Paquette 讨论了创始人通过现场产品演示进行销售的能力,以及他为在创始人主导的销售之外建立销售组织所做的努力。他还对比了自力更生型企业与融资型企业中的所有权激励。这些是他的观察和个人观点。 阅读 3 条观点,查看支持证据与原始来源。

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  1. Paquette 区分了投资者推介与产品演示

    Paquette 表示,他认识真正会销售的创始人非常少。他指出,创始人能够向投资者推销,但表示他们在实际产品演示中的表现可能不会太好。

    支持这项说法 1

    我认识真正会销售的创始人非常少。他们能向投资者推销,但如果你让他们打电话做实际的产品演示,效果可能不会太好。

    Ross Andrew Paquette · Publisher transcript paragraph; original label 00:00:00

    原始摘录
    I know very few founders who can actually sell. They can sell investors, but if you put them on the phone to do an actual product demo, it probably wouldn't be that great.
    上下文

    我就想着有10个客户,你知道的,每年付5万,就是50万。那基本上就是商业计划。从,你知道的,创始人、创始人主导、创始人 Sol,我以前称之为 Ross and Company,你知道的,转变为一个真正的组织。

    原始上下文

    I'll just have 10 customers, you know, paying 50k a year, 500,000. And that was like the business plan. Moving from, you know, founder, founder, led founder, Sol, I used to call it Ross and Company, you know, to an actual organization.

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  2. 花了 10 年时间打造一支无需他参与即可运作的销售团队

    Ross Andrew Paquette 表示,大约花了 10 年时间才建立起一个能够在没有他直接参与的情况下独立运作的销售组织。

    支持这项说法 1

    那真的很难。比如,我们花了10年时间试图达到那个目标,而现在才刚刚到达那里,当我……当我回头看时,这相当痛苦。

    Ross Andrew Paquette · Publisher transcript paragraph; original label 00:00:23

    原始摘录
    That's been really hard. Like, we've spent 10 years trying to get there and we're just getting there now, which is quite painful when I. When I look back.
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  3. Paquette 对比了自力更生型与融资型企业中的所有权激励

    Paquette 将经营自力更生型企业与“经历融资过程”和“不在晚上和周末工作”进行了对比。他将后一种情况与“通常不到 10%”的所有权联系起来,并表示如果他处于那种位置,他是不会工作的。

    支持这项说法 1

    我的意思是,比如,当你自力更生创办一家企业时,你拥有它的 100。而当你经历融资过程,并且,你知道,不在晚上和周末工作时,你最终拥有的股份通常不到 10%。说实话,最好的情况是,如果我是的话。我经常谈到这一点。比如,如果我处在那种境地,我肯定不会去工作。

    Ross Andrew Paquette · Publisher transcript paragraph; original label 00:36:54

    原始摘录
    I mean, like, when you're bootstrapping a business, you own 100 of it. When you're going through the fundraising and, you know, not working evenings and weekends, you end up owning less than 10% usually. Best case, to be honest with you, if I were. I speak about this quite frequently. Like, if I were in those shoes, I definitely wouldn't work.
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创始人销售能力

Paquette 区分了投资者推介与产品演示

我认识真正会销售的创始人非常少。他们能向投资者推销,但如果你让他们打电话做实际的产品演示,效果可能不会太好。

原始摘录
I know very few founders who can actually sell. They can sell investors, but if you put them on the phone to do an actual product demo, it probably wouldn't be that great.
上下文

我就想着有10个客户,你知道的,每年付5万,就是50万。那基本上就是商业计划。从,你知道的,创始人、创始人主导、创始人 Sol,我以前称之为 Ross and Company,你知道的,转变为一个真正的组织。

原始上下文

I'll just have 10 customers, you know, paying 50k a year, 500,000. And that was like the business plan. Moving from, you know, founder, founder, led founder, Sol, I used to call it Ross and Company, you know, to an actual organization.

销售团队建设

花了 10 年时间打造一支无需他参与即可运作的销售团队

那真的很难。比如,我们花了10年时间试图达到那个目标,而现在才刚刚到达那里,当我……当我回头看时,这相当痛苦。

原始摘录
That's been really hard. Like, we've spent 10 years trying to get there and we're just getting there now, which is quite painful when I. When I look back.
自力更生型与融资型初创企业中的股权所有权

Paquette 对比了自力更生型与融资型企业中的所有权激励

我的意思是,比如,当你自力更生创办一家企业时,你拥有它的 100。而当你经历融资过程,并且,你知道,不在晚上和周末工作时,你最终拥有的股份通常不到 10%。说实话,最好的情况是,如果我是的话。我经常谈到这一点。比如,如果我处在那种境地,我肯定不会去工作。

原始摘录
I mean, like, when you're bootstrapping a business, you own 100 of it. When you're going through the fundraising and, you know, not working evenings and weekends, you end up owning less than 10% usually. Best case, to be honest with you, if I were. I speak about this quite frequently. Like, if I were in those shoes, I definitely wouldn't work.

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